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Source http://thechive.com/2015/10/13/the-stories-of-men-who-escaped-the-friend-zone-photos/
Megarith
Netflix and chill. Works so well, it's unbelieveable.
itiscalledaPUPPYyoutwat
#3 - dat long con
Magpiebones
Escaping friend zone aka friendship developing into romance at it's own natural pace?
somepeoplecallmeyou
some of these can get you into jail-zone
notmyfirstchoiceofusername
#9 is some of the most solid marriage advice I've ever heard.
sozensloth
it pretty much sums up my relationship with my SO. He's my best friend
Coltx45
My sister's got a poor fella in the friend zone right now but hey, that's none of my business...
supinebovine
#9 - 120%
TheBronzeHairline
We're best friends. We were hanging out, started wrestling started hooking up. Dated for 3 months. Then she started fucking my best friend.
Nikvoodoo
But buzzfeed told me just today there's no such thing. As a friend zone!! So which one of you is lying??!!
4troll
I take things that never happend for 100$
marvster
Friend zone IMO means you're getting "better dealed." They way out is to move on.
cocoborne
Fiendzone: Don't you hate when women see themselves as human beings and think it's okay to be friends with men without sucking their dick?
neverest
Can I get Asian version of men escaping friend zone?
songbardbird
"You should anyways be in the friend zone" FUCK YES. I love that perspective especially because I hate the whole concept of "friendzone"
Feralphobia
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Leepacemylife
"Twins run in my family"--not relevant if it's a man! All about the ovaries, nothing to do with the sperm.
cocoakoumori
That actually made me smile a little. Like I'm happy they run in your family but that's not going to bring twins to *you.
flamingflamingo
Hahaha I'm such an idiot. I was like, oh, is it a female ge--oh. Oh the woman has to... oh.
snurx
Hey now, dads can have just as much of a role in family fitness as moms
SoberSamuel
This almost made me try to build a relationship with someone. Almost
BlurpBleepBoopERRORERROR
Pretty sure at least 3 of these are actually called Stockholm Syndrome....
DJThuglifeSupreme
#12 your dad isn't a friend zone hero, both your parents are cheating fucks
doyouevenusername
All of these seem like the girl was interested all along
FractionalAssassin
Friend zone hero?The last person's parents started off cheating on who they were with
Stuebydoo
cocoakoumori
Have to say, not exactly sure what's going on in that situation.
rosiethereaver
That person needs a lesson on how twins are conceived.
bittenkitten813
Exactly, it only matters for fraternal twins on the mother's side.
TeddyMoment
TL;DR - were friends, lovers now.
EscargatoireMunch
#7 It seems like he lied to get her to go to their wedding..
kingpikablu
and if that's the case, then he was definitely not in the friendzone
giveittomestraightlikeapearcidermadefrom100percentpears
I hate the term "friend zone".. A girl is never in the "friend zone" its always the guy. Almost like its her fault for not putting out.
AHorticulturistIsJustANerdyGardener
It's almost like men are more motivated by the prospect of sex than women are. Dear god, what a weird observation.
Brodiesan
Nope. There've been girls I've been into and not into me and we're friends. And there've been girls into me but I wasn't and we're friends.
MusculusSternocleidomastoideus
Well, as a girl, the three people I've fallen in love with just wanted to be friends. So, we are now. Great friends!
AlliwantformybirthdayisabigbootyHokage
i'm a girl that's totally been friendzoned, it's perfectly legitimate to be bummed when someone you're into just wants to be friends
AlliwantformybirthdayisabigbootyHokage
i hate when people say stuff like this - saying you've been friendzoned != hating someone cuz they won't fuck you
iamnotanigerianprince
Yeah, when people say that it sounds like they're just projecting their own guilt over doing that exact thing.
FvcktangularBondulance
Meh, plenty on both sides. The definition has gone from "unrequited affection" to "unwarranted sexual expectations" in the past 5 years.
giveittomestraightlikeapearcidermadefrom100percentpears
Thats probably the most accurate description of where the "friendzone" came from. I dunno, i just like having female friends.
nickg131
I've always thought of 'friend zone'as "having feelings for someone who doesn't return them" why do people act like I'm saying I'm owed sex?
copingcabana
Grandma was an MP who arrested my grandpa (drunk & disorderly). He promised to take her out on a date if she let him go (1/2)
copingcabana
(2/2) He stood her up, so she re-arrested him. After he was processed, she made him take her out on the date. They were married >50 years
snurx
Your grandma is metal
Earlkay
"Friend zone" aka "neither person worked up the nerve to ask the other out until alcohol was involved"
YodasLeftEar
FaptainPicard
That's how I got out of the "no-anal zone."
FlatPlutoSociety
This comment plus your user name is the best thing ever.
uitSCHOT
Prison also helps to get out of that zone
Jwatz
She said alcohol would be the best lube, she was not gentle.
ChaosLierLen637
She may not have pegged the truth...
Earlkay
It's how we all got out of the no anal zone
ChanelK
I don't care...i did what i had to do to keep a good room mate, do you even know how hard they are to find?
stygyan
I'm in the worst kind of friend zone. We were fuckbuddies until he met another guy and fell in love... and now I realized I was in love too.
JustAnotherLinkInTheChain
-zone
Lulabel73
Call me old fashioned but I think the best way to have a lasting relationship is to be friends first.
ShadyDub
Agreed. I believe, I get a better understanding of a potential love interest through friendship. Typically, dating feels fake or scripted.
MusculusSternocleidomastoideus
My ex and I did it the other way. We got in a relationship, didn't work and are great friends now :D
EmperorPain
I would say the same thing, but honestly I have no experience on the subject.
Lulabel73
I've been married 19 years we started out as friends.
EmperorPain
We're sitting at a 100% success rate! But ya, the only thing that could break a truly great friendship is a brain injury or distance so 1/2
EmperorPain
its got to be solid if you build from there, at least that's my reasoning. 2/2
TommyRottn
12 things that didn't happen
RonarOfTheRebellion
A funeral party? A funeral PARTY?
MarkTh
A wake, a repast, a rememberance, anything to be able to speak ill of the dead in a socailly acceptable fashion.
smashpro1
Must be from New Orleans.
TheManTheyCallFunshine
My family always stands by that death is to be celebrated, not mourned. I have yet to go to a funeral and not get drunk and party after.
flickmahbean
Yup, same here
TheManTheyCallFunshine
I'm from Boston so it's pretty common here. I will say one place I've always thought did it better was New Orleans. A parade is beautiful.
MrE158
A wake, presumably.
NoOneKnowsImLying
I prefer the term "Celebration of Life."
italktomyplants
You, my friend, are obviously not Irish.
RonarOfTheRebellion
Yeah, not even close.
bananaranch
Or Dutch.
Findlayh
Bet they had funeral potatoes
skydivingbigfoot
The bodies sure as shit better not hit the floor
cjmithrandir
This made me openly break into hearty laughter, and im grinning as i type this. Thank you for that :D
Khalgrom
Fucking gangsta
IAmNotCreative712
You deserve more credit.
RonarOfTheRebellion
I totally fucking lost my shit reading this. +1 for you
cjmithrandir
I did the same!!! Openly broke into hearty laughter, and im smiling as i type this!
juicygingrr
Best comment ever!!!!
ChaosLierLen637
I say, "Let the."
iftheshoefitz
Most Irish wakes are parties, it's when we really hit the whiskey and brandy at the house and leave out beer completely
Lulabel73
Is it before or after the burial? We have our wakes after here in Australia.
iftheshoefitz
Wake is the one or two nights before. Pub is right after the burial.
UnpinionedPoplars
It's just like a wedding, but with one less drunk. ;-)
iftheshoefitz
Wrong, cut off one head and two more shall take it's place!
MenOnlySeeBasicColours
TIM FINNEGAN LIVED IN WATLING STREET
VulpesIncendium
Well, yeah. You can't spell "funeral" without FUN!
Voidpaw
Fjooneral...? Okay, I tried...
gingerbreadwitch
If you rearrange the letters in funeral you get REAL FUN.
altonbrowndeserveshisownmemefuckyouifyoudisagree
Ever been to New Orleans?
RonarOfTheRebellion
No?
altonbrowndeserveshisownmemefuckyouifyoudisagree
South Louisiana famously have pretty wild funerals. Parties, parades, and second lines
RonarOfTheRebellion
That's kinda cool I guess. In the Balkans were I live, it's considered disrespectful to act like that after someones death.
MrBismarck
I got so drunk at a wake in Shannon that I never got the hangover. I think I clocked the alcohol meter back to zero. Irish funerals are fun!
snurx
Fuck yeah, my funeral will have a 2 drink minimum
Howkinkyareyou
My mom is from toraja,sulawesi. When someone in our family dies we have a massive party.when my dad passed away we had a week long one
Howkinkyareyou
My mom is from toraja,sulawesi. When someone in our family dies we have a massive party.when my dad passed away we had a week long one
bananaranch
My best friend's grandma died. The whole family (including me) went to her mom's and drank in the garage.
Vicerye
I've told my friends and family promise to throw a party when I die. I want them to be sad at my passing, be happy I lived not sad I died.
Awesoman66theCactusLord
Funeral reception is the proper term
iamnotanigerianprince
You've never been to a wake, I take it?
RonarOfTheRebellion
That's not how we do it. In the Balkans where I live, traditionally having "fun" after someones death is considered disrespectful.
liliputian7
You've never been to Ireland or Mexico, have you, mate
MEfros
We did this in college after a good friend of mine died unexpectedly. We already had the party planned. In fact, he planned it.
Zokathra
The dead guy was a rich cunt probably.
RonarOfTheRebellion
Um, I guess that kinda makes sense. Sure, why not.
DonnaNobleHasLeftTheLibrary
A repast dinner - big ass party after the funeral to celebrate the life of the deceased. The first time I did a shot was at my grandmothers
horsebananas
If I had my druthers, anyone attending my funeral would be celebrating my life rather than mourning my death.
KrustyPartiallyGelatinatedNonDairyGumBasedBeverage
Tears make the best lubricant
graou13
rightthatswhatisaid
Yeah, my great grandma passed away at 98. It was a celebration of her life and so fun to get the family together again. She was ready to go.
Loribob
Tasty coma wife...
KFizzle
You don't even realise, it's not even fair. MA, THE MEATLOAF FUCK!
Ghost0fDawn
He was an asshole. Time to celebrate. Fuck you Dan!
RonarOfTheRebellion
Yeah, fuck you Dan!!
demonjester1515
I fully intend to have ap arty rather than a traditional funeral when my time is up.
Necropants
We did that when my Mom died. We cooked her favorite meal, drank and told stories about her, and then wrote letters to her and burned them.
Necropants
She had always said she wanted to be remembered with laughter, and have her life celebrated vs having us mourn and be lost in grief.
meinsaft
My father's told me since I was a kid that when he dies, he wants everyone to get together and celebrate his life rather than mourn. Party.
Orustus
You've never been to a homegoing celebration?...Guess that is just a southern thing.
juicygingrr
born and raised in Tennessee and I've never been to a party after a funeral either except for when a teenager died & friends partied.
Orustus
Really? Just shows how much culture differs even if you are within the same cultural hegemony.
juicygingrr
Agreed! Very strange. I'm dead center of the bible belt also. Maybe that has something to do with it.
RonarOfTheRebellion
Yes, in the region I live you're supposed to mourn. I mean traditionally people consider it disrespectful to party the next few days.
Orustus
Odd, lots of smiling and laughing in my region. I mean sure some people cry, but the mood is very joyous.
RonarOfTheRebellion
Different cultures I guess. I'm from the Balkans and we're set in certain ways.My generation is a bit different but older ones are (1)
RonarOfTheRebellion
pretty strict about it. If I was cracking jokes at my granpas funeral for example and being all joyous etc, someone would probably smack(2)
FlyMojo
There really isn't a friend zone. Ask them out. They will say yes or no. Then go from there.
zytz
It absolutely exists. But when both people are grown ups it's not the terrible thing that it's made out to be
tryin2figureitout
WTF? What if they say maybe and lead you on? Or they say no, but keep comin around and you're not happy about it. That just doesn't happen?
FlyMojo
I don't think they are really your friend if they do those things though.
Vansauce
And if they say no, fucking respect that, and either stay friends without your mopey bullshit spewing, or remove yourself from their life.
FlyMojo
Definitely
tryin2figureitout
Or grow the fuck up and stop trying keep people that are obviously interested in you as friends. You're in the power position.
Snowentific
The problem is when you tell them and they then don't trust you because they always think you have a hidden motive, happened to me, it sucks
FlyMojo
True
Snowentific
I don't have one BTW. She is (was) one of my best friends and I consider even having had feelings for her a big fucking mistake
GoWithTheFro
How was it a mistake?
Snowentific
It's just a really stupid reason to lose a friend. If I'd kept my mouth shut (and stayed away from my phone and beer) we'd still be friends.
GoWithTheFro
Sounds like she isn't very mature if she can't handle something like that. Are you sure you want someone like that as a friend?
varsil
There is... but the friend zone is something you do to yourself, not something someone else does to you.
Bent0916
That's dead wrong. There are ABSOLUTELY, undeniably, men and women who lead people who like them along for personal gain.
varsil
And it only works if you are willing to continue engaging in a relationship you're unhappy with. And that one's the exception, not the rule.
FlyMojo
Then you could destroy it if you created it.
minuteye
You can destroy it: by being honest about your feelings and accepting the answer like an adult.
HatsAreEssential
Bingo. Friend zone is what people call not wanting to move on after a rejection.
tryin2figureitout
Yup no ones ever been mislead, used, or taken advantage of in this world.
Bent0916
Except when they don't get rejection, but get half-promises and lies and get baited along and milked for a while.
HatsAreEssential
Thats not actually the friend zone, that's just abusive behavior.
ITalkAboutGoats
Or, hear me out, you could just want to remain friends. I genuinely cared for my now GF, and didn't want to leave her life just for that.